Kudanwa Kwakatizwa naJona
Muprofita anotiza kudana kwaBaba kuti aparidze kuvavengi vaIsraeri, anomedzwa nehove huru, uye anodzidza—asingadi—kuti tsitsi dzaBaba vedu dzakafara kupfuura dzake.
1 1Zvino shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kuna Jona mwanakomana waAmitai, richiti:
2“Simuka, enda kuNinevhe, guta iro guru, undorichemera uchirirwisa, nokuti uipi hwavo hwakwira pamberi pangu.”
3Asi Jona akasimuka kuti atizire kuTashishi, achibva pamberi paBaba vedu. Akaburukira kuJopa, akawana chikepe chaienda kuTashishi, akabhadhara mutengo wacho, akapinda mauri kuti aende navo kuTashishi, achibva pamberi paBaba vedu.
4Ipapo Baba vedu vakakanda mhepo huru pagungwa; dutu rine simba rikamuka, chikepe chikaita sechoda kuputsika. 5Vafambisi vechikepe vakatya kwazvo, mumwe nomumwe akachema kuna mwari wake. Vakakanda nhumbi dzaiva muchikepe mugungwa kuti vachirerutse. Asi Jona akanga aburukira pasi pechikepe, uko akanga avete hope dzakadzama. 6Mukuru wechikepe akauya akati, “Ungavata sei? Simuka, udane kuna mwari wako! Zvimwe achatirangarira, tikasaparara.”
7Varume vakataurirana vachiti, “Uyai, ngatikande mijenya kuti tizive kuti ndiani ari kutikonzera dambudziko iri.” Vakakanda mijenya, mujenya ukawira pana Jona. 8Vakati kwaari, “Tiudze—iwe wauyisa dambudziko iri pamusoro pedu—unoita basa rei? Unobva kupi? Nyika yako ndeipi? Uri worudzi rupi?”
9Akapindura akati, “Ndiri muHebheru, uye ndinotya Baba vedu, Baba vokudenga, vakaita gungwa nenyika yakaoma.”
10Ipapo varume vakatya kwazvo vakati, “Chii ichi chawaita?” Nokuti vakanga vaziva kuti akanga achitiza pamberi paBaba vedu, nokuti akanga avaudza.
11Ipapo vakati kwaari, “Toita sei newe kuti gungwa ritinyararire?”—nokuti gungwa rakaramba richinyanya kupenga.
12Akavaudza akati, “Ndisimudzei mundikande mugungwa, uye richakunyararirai. Ndinoziva kuti dutu guru iri rakuwirai nokuda kwangu.”
13Panzvimbo yaizvozvo, varume vakakwasva nesimba kuti vasvike kunyika yakaoma, asi vakakundikana, nokuti gungwa rakaramba richinyanya kupenga pamusoro pavo. 14Saka vakachema kuna Baba vedu vachiti: “Tapota, Mwari, musatirega tichifa nokuda kwokutora upenyu hwomurume uyu. Musatipa mhosva yeropa risina mhosva, nokuti imi makaita sezvamunoda.” 15Ipapo vakatora Jona vakamukanda mugungwa, gungwa rakanga rakatsamwa rikanyarara. 16Ipapo varume vakatya Baba vedu zvikuru, vakabayira chibayiro kuna Baba vedu, vakaita mhiko.
17Zvino Baba vedu vakagadza hove huru kuti imedze Jona, Jona akagara mudumbu rehove mazuva matatu nousiku hutatu.